CHAPTER III.

EDWARD V. AND RICHARD III.

Edward V. proclaimed--The Two Parties of the Queen and of Gloucester--Struggle in the Council--Gloucester's Plans--The Earl Rivers and his Friends imprisoned--Gloucester secures the King and conducts him to London--Indignities to the young King--Execution of Lord Hastings--A Base Sermon at St. Paul's Cross--Gloucester pronounces the two young Princes illegitimate--The Farce at the Guildhall--Gloucester seizes the Crown--Richard crowned in London and again at York--Buckingham revolts against him--Murder of the two Princes--Henry of Richmond--Failure of Buckingham's Rising--Buckingham beheaded--Richards title confirmed by Parliament--Queen Dowager and her Daughters quit the Sanctuary--Death of Richard's Son and Heir--Proposes to Marry his Niece, Elizabeth of York--Richmond lands at Milford Haven--His Progress--The Troubles of Richard--The Battle of Bosworth--The Fallen Tyrant--End of the Wars of the Roses 46